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Ghostbusters (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 44

Fresh: 41

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 7.6/10

Consensus: Ghostbusters is an infectiously fun blend of special effects and comedy, featuring a hilarious deadpan performance from Bill Murray.

Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private... When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers. Although the three parascientists are idle for awhile, their television advertisements finally pay off when beautiful Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) contracts them. It seems her apartment has become the entryway for ghastly ghosts and goofy ghouls hellbent on terrorizing New York City. Soon they're going to her rescue, trying to rid the city of the slimy creatures. GHOSTBUSTERS hit US screens in June of 1984 and went on to become one of the most successful comedy films of all time, spawning a sequel and a popular animated series. [More]

Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis

Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Timothy Carhart, Ernie Hudson

Director: Ivan Reitman

Director: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Joe Medjuck

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Jun 10, 2002

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Whoever thought of having evil's final manifestation take the form of a 100-ft. marshmallow deserves the rational mind's eternal gratitude.

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10/05/08
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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Stuffed with wisecracking, punning and essential deadpanning care of the film's most notable star performer Murray (who has such delivery down as a fine art), the film also packs in a half-decent narrative.

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05/06/08
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film

See website for more details.

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03/24/08
Rory L. Aronsky
Screen It!

Fantastic all the way

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03/02/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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With his deadpan delivery and snide quips, Murray more than holds his own amid the myriad state-of-the-art special effects.

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05/30/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Only intermittently impressive.

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05/30/07
Variety
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Essentially a $30 million version of Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy but not at all a bad time, thanks mainly to Bill Murray's incredibly dry line readings and director Ivan Reitman's maintenance of a moderately coherent tone and plotline.

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05/30/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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09/29/06
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com

The story of a trio of incompetent 'experts' in the paranormal (Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis), who set up as ghostbusters after they are canned from their college sinecures, is less cynical a construction than it sounds.

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06/24/06
Time Out
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The perfect marriage of big-budget sci-fi spectacle and character-based comedy schtick.

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04/03/06
Scott Weinberg
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03/09/06
Jake Euker
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11/04/05
Jon Niccum
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10/27/05
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

Dan Aykroyd's inventive comedy concept for Ghostbusters attracted an all-star comedy team to bust out an classic of mainstream '80s cinema.

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08/05/05
Peter Canavese
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06/30/05
Audrey Rock-Richardson
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06/15/05
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02/25/05
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01/24/05
Greg Maki
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01/10/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

This movie is an exception to the general rule that big special effects can wreck a comedy.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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